With around 100 exhibitors, the pace of the fair saw less hustle and more consideration, with a focus on showing and acquiring works by Los Angeles artists from both hometown and international galleries. “I’m thrilled to see that other galleries, advisers, curators and collectors felt the same and that they all showed up,” says David Maupin, the co-founder of Lehmann Maupin. “We’ve had a good [start to the] fair, all things considered, and have seen strong sales.”
The Los Angeles-based gallery Make Room reported placing works from its solo exhibition of Xin Liu, a young Chinese American artist, with several prominent private and museum collections, priced between $20,000 and $50,000 each, including the painting Primula Flowers (2024) to a major international family collection. Emilia Yin, the founder and director of the gallery, says she was happy to see so many people come out to support Los Angeles after feeling worried the fair would be cancelled.